Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.10

c9.10

**Councillors.** "The Advisers of the King, the Treasurers of the State, the Arbiters who settle disputes (i.e., the judges both civil and criminal); the Generals of the Army and the Chief Magistrates (i.e. the Heads of Departments who are called *Adhyakshas* by Kauṭilya)."